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the diaries and writings of john adams, the writings of john adams are i think seven volumes and diaries of four volumes, the writings of sam adams and of thomas hutchinson, all of these people were prolific writers and kept their correspondence. so it's rich pool of research. yes, sir? >> all of this information be disclosed, why was a dormant for so long? >> let's not dormant, it's there in bits and pieces, and the problem with american history to -- i think i can generalize all american history, but the history of the colonial revolutionary war mike and post revolutionary war maquis era is that it's very complex, and as my son, when my son was about 14 and came home from school and said you know something, that blacks in american history all the doing talk. european there's a lot of action. but all they do is talk. he's right. and the talk is very complex on very complex issues that philosophers and political interests and lead philosophers have been debating for many years. this involved enormously important concepts that have implications for the entire world, divine right of kings
the diaries and writings of john adams, the writings of john adams are i think seven volumes and diaries of four volumes, the writings of sam adams and of thomas hutchinson, all of these people were prolific writers and kept their correspondence. so it's rich pool of research. yes, sir? >> all of this information be disclosed, why was a dormant for so long? >> let's not dormant, it's there in bits and pieces, and the problem with american history to -- i think i can generalize all...
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obviously, the diaries and writings of john adams, the writings of john adams are, i think, seven volumes and the diaries are four volumes. the writings of sam adams, the writings of thomas hutchinson. all these people were prolific writers, kept diaries and kept all correspondence. so it's a rich pool of research. yes, sir. >> all of this information you've disclosed, why was it dormant for so long? >> well, it's not dormant, it's there in bits and pieces. and the problem with american history, i think i can generalize all american history, but certainty the history -- certainly the history of the colonial and revolutionary war and postrevolutionary war era is that it's very complex. and as my son, when my son was about 14, he came home from school and said, you know something, dad? american history, all they do is talk. european history's a lot of action, but all they do is talk. well, he's right. and the talk is very complex on very, very complex issues that philosophers and political and just lay philosophers have been debating for many, many, many years. this involved enormously impo
obviously, the diaries and writings of john adams, the writings of john adams are, i think, seven volumes and the diaries are four volumes. the writings of sam adams, the writings of thomas hutchinson. all these people were prolific writers, kept diaries and kept all correspondence. so it's a rich pool of research. yes, sir. >> all of this information you've disclosed, why was it dormant for so long? >> well, it's not dormant, it's there in bits and pieces. and the problem with...
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in one eighteen thirteen jefferson and his political rival john adams had been the president just before jefferson in fact he was given as vice president clashed over how senators would be elected to serve in congress at the time it was left to the states and most to crony appointments by governors or elected by state legislatures that often boy. former president adams was of the belief that the senate should be comprised of a wealthy elite he was a genuine original conservative he thought we should have a natural aristocracy that was his phrase what he called it that it could serve as a check against the masses for the rabble adams word for people like you and me in eight hundred thirteen letter to adams on this issue jefferson this is five years after he left the presidency lashed out at what he saw as a flaw emerging in our democracy he wrote of this a cub all in the summit of the united states has furnished many proofs nor do i believe them necessary to protect the wealthy because enough of these will find their way into every branch of the legislation to protect themselves i think t
in one eighteen thirteen jefferson and his political rival john adams had been the president just before jefferson in fact he was given as vice president clashed over how senators would be elected to serve in congress at the time it was left to the states and most to crony appointments by governors or elected by state legislatures that often boy. former president adams was of the belief that the senate should be comprised of a wealthy elite he was a genuine original conservative he thought we...
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adams and john j. it was written by thomas jefferson franklin also was the president of the constitutional convention in the state in which he lived his adopted state pennsylvania of philadelphia and he signed the constitution of pennsylvania in seven hundred seventy six and here's a phrase this is a quote from his article eight of the pennsylvania constitution seven hundred seventy six this was essentially the basis of our second amendment it said that the people have the right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the state and as standing armies in time for peace are dangerous to liberty they ought not to be kept up and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to and governed by the civil. and we accomplished subordinate in the military to the civil power by making the president the united states the civilian commander in chief of the military. and we established that people had the right to buy guns or to own guns so that they could defend the state or themselves in the
adams and john j. it was written by thomas jefferson franklin also was the president of the constitutional convention in the state in which he lived his adopted state pennsylvania of philadelphia and he signed the constitution of pennsylvania in seven hundred seventy six and here's a phrase this is a quote from his article eight of the pennsylvania constitution seven hundred seventy six this was essentially the basis of our second amendment it said that the people have the right to bear arms...
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john adams is as wicked as he is mad. the only one who really rises above all of this partisan name calling and mudslinging is george washington. at the beginning of his term he has a political honeymoon for a year or two but the two party system springs up and the opposition party attacks and. and restore a monarchy to -- and some of the charges today. it was the fame. he was not a glad handing backslapping personality. he was not a good extemporaneous speaker and wherever you went he gave a few well chosen words. you can see when he was president he made a tour of all of these states and send a delegation of dignitaries to the money outskirts of town and one always arrive an hour or two earlier to bypass the. he would actually right in his diary that dignitaries were supposed to come and escort me out of town at 7:00 a.m.. i will get 5 a m and left before they arrived. with aphrodisiac power in full force, with beautiful women swimming around him. with the 13 states, he wrote every night in his diaries and number of wom
john adams is as wicked as he is mad. the only one who really rises above all of this partisan name calling and mudslinging is george washington. at the beginning of his term he has a political honeymoon for a year or two but the two party system springs up and the opposition party attacks and. and restore a monarchy to -- and some of the charges today. it was the fame. he was not a glad handing backslapping personality. he was not a good extemporaneous speaker and wherever you went he gave a...
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i can see abigail adams sitting and clutching her scorching hot cup of joe, john adams saying sit down and drink your damn coffee, woman. she really was the brains of the outfit. my mother is overworked, tired, but her still solid body stood hard as a rock. i'm not going to cry, as a tear falls down from her face. don't cry, mom, don't cry. [cheers and applause] >> that was her first time ever. yay! and up next we have indiana telepenova. >> a recipe for water. start with the color magenta, a burning asphalt, of beach ball sighing out its life, a garden grown on accident after accident, add a father painting shelves on the cove, a pinch of guilt, statues of isabella butter flisse -- butterflies, and extinct alpha betts, a teaspoon of autumn leaves, a shepard playing with the winds, some animal begging for snow. mix vigorously like the mountain
i can see abigail adams sitting and clutching her scorching hot cup of joe, john adams saying sit down and drink your damn coffee, woman. she really was the brains of the outfit. my mother is overworked, tired, but her still solid body stood hard as a rock. i'm not going to cry, as a tear falls down from her face. don't cry, mom, don't cry. [cheers and applause] >> that was her first time ever. yay! and up next we have indiana telepenova. >> a recipe for water. start with the color...
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i can see abigail adams sitting and clutching her scorching hot cup of joe, john adams saying sit down and drink your damn coffee, woman. she really was the brains of the outfit. my mother is overworked, tired, but her still solid body stood hard as a rock. i'm not going to cry, as a tear falls down from her face. don't cry, mom, don't cry. [cheers and applause] >> that was her first time ever. yay! and up next we have indiana telepenova. >> a recipe for water. start with the color magenta, a burning aspha
i can see abigail adams sitting and clutching her scorching hot cup of joe, john adams saying sit down and drink your damn coffee, woman. she really was the brains of the outfit. my mother is overworked, tired, but her still solid body stood hard as a rock. i'm not going to cry, as a tear falls down from her face. don't cry, mom, don't cry. [cheers and applause] >> that was her first time ever. yay! and up next we have indiana telepenova. >> a recipe for water. start with the color...
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adams he killed everybody they started fighting among each other all the women that they brought from taking over the food i mean is there any society in the world that you can point to where iran's ideas have ever been put into place and it didn't lead to disaster i don't think that they have ever been put into place i mean even maybe in the very. beginning stages of the united states maybe you could argue. but no i don't think we've ever i don't think i don't think they've ever been implemented and i mean isn't in an anarchist as far as i'm aware and i've read heard her her work extensively and i think that she advocates for a government a government with a very limited to enforce contracts only to enforce contracts and protect rights here to right yeah and ok and that's actually fairly in line with it with mainstream conservatism. he and i know that's the thing to hear from speech so much amanda thank you for coming in to talk about god it's conversation we probably have you have thank you very much iran's philosophy is aggressively embraced and promoted by wealthy funders of found
adams he killed everybody they started fighting among each other all the women that they brought from taking over the food i mean is there any society in the world that you can point to where iran's ideas have ever been put into place and it didn't lead to disaster i don't think that they have ever been put into place i mean even maybe in the very. beginning stages of the united states maybe you could argue. but no i don't think we've ever i don't think i don't think they've ever been...
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and one need only to read the writings of jefferson, james madison, john adams, to see that it was never intended that we would have a massive federal government. but what has happened since 2009, even states and cities get more of the revenue from the federal government than they get from any other source. this would be a shock to thomas jefferson, james madison and to our founders. who never concede the federal government would be so big that it would not be just as big as that would be incredibly much bigger than the collective states and cities that originally the federal government was to serve. but that's what we have come. and so my title in his particular view is that the further you drew from shore, the more likely or to be lost at sea. the premise is to me again, a common sense simple principle, that if i govern my own family, i can do that because i know my children. my wife and i have three children, they're all grown. every 30 for your son, 30 year old son and a 28 year-old daughter, two of those children are married. and for some reason, and i don't think it was intended, b
and one need only to read the writings of jefferson, james madison, john adams, to see that it was never intended that we would have a massive federal government. but what has happened since 2009, even states and cities get more of the revenue from the federal government than they get from any other source. this would be a shock to thomas jefferson, james madison and to our founders. who never concede the federal government would be so big that it would not be just as big as that would be...
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>> the estimates from john adams was 25% or 1/3 of more modern estimates take it in the same parameter. so that you have a politic of about, i don't know, 1,200,000. you have somewhere between 80 and 100,000. in terms of who leaves, you can kind of get the numbers about who goes up to canada. but it returns in that area. it's an amazing story. the people who don't want a revolution at the end of the war have to go somewhere. so they are exiled essentially. the british give them a lot of hand up in canada. they found canada. and so you have a country here that's formed by revolutionaries, and you have a country up there that's formed by nonrevolutionaries. and that's the basis for the american -- for the canadian character. and basis for the american character. revolutionaries and nonrevolutionaries. >> where did the term tories come from? >> it's lost in antiquity, but probably it was an irish term for highway men. and it was used in british politics, parliamentary politics long before the revolution. and it still is. yeah, yeah, and it still has essentially the same meaning. even in p
>> the estimates from john adams was 25% or 1/3 of more modern estimates take it in the same parameter. so that you have a politic of about, i don't know, 1,200,000. you have somewhere between 80 and 100,000. in terms of who leaves, you can kind of get the numbers about who goes up to canada. but it returns in that area. it's an amazing story. the people who don't want a revolution at the end of the war have to go somewhere. so they are exiled essentially. the british give them a lot of...
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the rooms are named for former secretaries of state, the john quincy adams room is home to the desk at which the treaty of paris was signed ending the american revolutionary war. these rooms have witnessed historic meetings between american officials and foreign ministers and heads of state. we take note of the 50th an vaerls of these rooms and the patrons of diplomacy initiatives. we begin our conversations on diplomacy with secretary of state and former secretary of state kissing her. secretary clinton came to this office after serving as first lady of arkansas and the united states. she was appointed by president obama after a spirited contest for nomination for president. henry kissinger was a harvard professor, national security advisor for president nixon and secretary of state in the administrations of richard nixon and gerald ford. i first want to thank secretary clinton for allowing us to come here at the state department in these historic rooms. >> well, charlie, we delighted to have you here for the conversations, and especially in these rooms which have seen a lot of histor
the rooms are named for former secretaries of state, the john quincy adams room is home to the desk at which the treaty of paris was signed ending the american revolutionary war. these rooms have witnessed historic meetings between american officials and foreign ministers and heads of state. we take note of the 50th an vaerls of these rooms and the patrons of diplomacy initiatives. we begin our conversations on diplomacy with secretary of state and former secretary of state kissing her....
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[laughter] like, you know, about the story of how john adams and thomas jefferson died on the same die on the 50th anniversary of independence, and it's july 4? you put that in a novel, that would be so laughable. [laughter] you know, it's fact, and therefore it can be as implausible as possible anyway. fiction? [laughter] >> i know i'm a groupy and i preorder everything you write just as soon as i hear it's coming out. >> thank you very much. >> however, this one -- >> oh? [laughter] >> this one, when it came out, it was the title, unfamiliar fishes, i had no idea what you were going to be writing about, and it's just like, where -- >> that's because i hate subtitles. go on. [laughter] what inspired you to use that title? >> oh, it is -- it's a quotation from a letter written by one of the first hawaiian writers, david mala, and he was almost 30 years old when the first missionaries arrived, and they taught him how to read and write. he was well-schooled in the hawaii tradition, but the missionaries from new england had to invent a written language for hawaiian, so they taught him and
[laughter] like, you know, about the story of how john adams and thomas jefferson died on the same die on the 50th anniversary of independence, and it's july 4? you put that in a novel, that would be so laughable. [laughter] you know, it's fact, and therefore it can be as implausible as possible anyway. fiction? [laughter] >> i know i'm a groupy and i preorder everything you write just as soon as i hear it's coming out. >> thank you very much. >> however, this one -- >>...
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or like, you know about that story of how john adams and thomas jefferson died on the same day and it is the 50th anniversary of the declaration of independence. it is july 4, 1826. if you put that in a novel, that would be plausible but it is fact. and therefore, it can be as implausible as possible. anyway, fiction. [laughter] >> i know i am a groupie and i pre-order everything you write as soon as i hear is coming out. >> thank you very much. >> however. >> oh, where's this going? [laughter] >> when it came out it was a title, "unfamiliar fishes," i had no idea what you are you are going to be writing about. and it is just like. >> that is because i hate subtitles. go on. [laughter] >> what inspired you to use that title? >> oh, it is a quotation from a letter written by one of the first hawaiian writers whose name is david mollo, and he was almost 30 years old when the first missionaries arrived on maui, the island where he was at the time, and they taught him how to read and write. he was well schooled in the hawaiian oral tradition but the missionaries from new england had to in
or like, you know about that story of how john adams and thomas jefferson died on the same day and it is the 50th anniversary of the declaration of independence. it is july 4, 1826. if you put that in a novel, that would be plausible but it is fact. and therefore, it can be as implausible as possible. anyway, fiction. [laughter] >> i know i am a groupie and i pre-order everything you write as soon as i hear is coming out. >> thank you very much. >> however. >> oh,...
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adams. white house prefers discuss what it is like to document the life of a president -- white house photographers and discuss what it is like to document the life of a president. he says, today, the ipod mini is no more. no! ve!'t take it away, ste what are you doing? i give you the ipod nano. [laughter] >> mike daisey comments on the world as he sees it. his latest, the agony and ecstasy of steve jobs. >> my monologue comes out of my obsession. >> find out more tonight on c- span's "q&a." . you can download podcasts of "q&a"' online. >> may 1, "indepth," your questions for tibor machan, whose books include "the promise of liberty." he will take your calls, e- mails, and tweets live on may 1. >> "washington journal" continues. host: adam serwer with the "american prospect" magazine. what is your perspective of obama as an international leader? guest: i think the president has done a pretty good job of juggling an extremely difficult set of circumstances. the upheaval in the arab world is s
adams. white house prefers discuss what it is like to document the life of a president -- white house photographers and discuss what it is like to document the life of a president. he says, today, the ipod mini is no more. no! ve!'t take it away, ste what are you doing? i give you the ipod nano. [laughter] >> mike daisey comments on the world as he sees it. his latest, the agony and ecstasy of steve jobs. >> my monologue comes out of my obsession. >> find out more tonight on...
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he wanted to see documents of the precedence apparently really fascinates him, john quincy adams so we showed -- >> did he explain his interest? >> well, he didn't beyond the point that he was fascinated with the father son aspect of this adams senior -- bush senior, bush junior. >> i see. did he comment on anything like transparency of his from the documents? >> well, we tried to explain that we're an access agency and that americans are entitled to see the their country. i think in fact that i've been invited to come to bag dand see if we can't bring a delegation to advice them on organizing the archives which we may do. >> you've had an awful lot of expeence before the archives with the arrival of measure of freedom to russia. the yeltsin and earlier in fact when you headed up the center for democracies, is that correct? >> 18 years you. >> are kind of an expert on freedom. >> not an expert -- >> you know that the iraqis -- did he bring any of this signing a constitution this year? >> i think all that i would say, john is they seem very determined on the score. he talked to the pres
he wanted to see documents of the precedence apparently really fascinates him, john quincy adams so we showed -- >> did he explain his interest? >> well, he didn't beyond the point that he was fascinated with the father son aspect of this adams senior -- bush senior, bush junior. >> i see. did he comment on anything like transparency of his from the documents? >> well, we tried to explain that we're an access agency and that americans are entitled to see the their...
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. >> host: john adams fascinates me. abigail adams, of course, exhorted him not to forget the women or enslaved people. >> guest: right. >> host: and he really talked in their correspondence, which can you go into a little bit, but lots of folks have written about their correspondence. >> guest: right. >> host: about having the union or having enslavement. >> guest: right. >> host: that there was a choice to be made that we'd have to pay for as a nation much later. >> guest: yes. and they understood that. and, of course, adams was from massachusetts, was not a slave owner and opposed slavery. his wife was, if anything, more of an abolitionist than he was. and you could see that in the correspondence, as you mentioned. and she felt that slavery was not only wrong for the country, but it was a sin. and she -- but her husband never would do anything about it politically. again, this fear of the southern states, the here fear that he wd have a secession on his hands, and, of course, that is what happened later under lincoln.
. >> host: john adams fascinates me. abigail adams, of course, exhorted him not to forget the women or enslaved people. >> guest: right. >> host: and he really talked in their correspondence, which can you go into a little bit, but lots of folks have written about their correspondence. >> guest: right. >> host: about having the union or having enslavement. >> guest: right. >> host: that there was a choice to be made that we'd have to pay for as a nation...
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within a generation, john adams, george washington, ben franklin all did inoculation. everyone did it. it became accepted. it took someone brave enough to step forward against popular opinion and do what he felt was right. we need more people like that. we need more people in washington who will lead instead of following. [applause] i think we have a president who is not leading the country. he has abdicated his role in leading our country and is not doing what needs to be done in our country. [applause] some would say the issues we deal with today have no moral equivalency to slavery or do not have the infectious urgency of smallpox, but i would say that there are questions we should ask. can a civilization long endure that does not respect life? will we be judged at some point in time on whether we stood up and said that the law and the land should respect the unborn? will we be judged for that? [applause] we face a day of reckoning. not only a day of moral reckoning, we face the day of fiscal reckoning. it is fast approaching. whether we be able to continue to pay o
within a generation, john adams, george washington, ben franklin all did inoculation. everyone did it. it became accepted. it took someone brave enough to step forward against popular opinion and do what he felt was right. we need more people like that. we need more people in washington who will lead instead of following. [applause] i think we have a president who is not leading the country. he has abdicated his role in leading our country and is not doing what needs to be done in our country....
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john adams defended a british soldier accused of murder in the boston massacre. he felt it was more important that one guilty man -- excuse me. that 99% might get often have one innocent man wrongly convicted. that is where a criminal defense attorneys are. most of the prosecutors are devoted civil servants who tried to see that justice is done. one side or the other inevitably slips. when that happens, it is on the front page. we hear about a criminal defense attorneys been paid in something other than money. you hear about prosecutors like ted stevens from alaska. one of the prosecutors in that case committed suicide after he was accused of unethical behavior. there was what happened in detroit with the terrorism trial where they were accused of prosecutorial misconduct. things like that can happen. what happens, the reaction is that we realize the person without was superman was really clark kent on steroids. that hurts. there is good news. west michigan is a great place to practice because the economy has not hit us as badly as others. there are fewer attorne
john adams defended a british soldier accused of murder in the boston massacre. he felt it was more important that one guilty man -- excuse me. that 99% might get often have one innocent man wrongly convicted. that is where a criminal defense attorneys are. most of the prosecutors are devoted civil servants who tried to see that justice is done. one side or the other inevitably slips. when that happens, it is on the front page. we hear about a criminal defense attorneys been paid in something...
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within a generation, john adams, george washington, ben franklin -- they all did inoculation. it became accepted. but it took someone brave enough to step forward against popular opinion and do what he felt was right. i think we need more people like that. we need more people in washington who will lead it instead of following. [applause] i think we have a president who is not leading the country. i think we have a president who has abdicated in his role as leader of our country and is not doing what needs to be done. [applause] some would say that the issues we deal with today have no moral equivalency to slavery or do not have the infectious urgency of smallpox. but i would say that when we think about things there are questions we should ask. can a civilization long endure that does not respect life? will we be judged at some point in time, whether we stood up and said that the law and the land should respect the unborn? will we be judged for that? [applause] we face a day of reckoning. not only more reckoning. we face a day of fiscal reckoning. we have significant problems
within a generation, john adams, george washington, ben franklin -- they all did inoculation. it became accepted. but it took someone brave enough to step forward against popular opinion and do what he felt was right. i think we need more people like that. we need more people in washington who will lead it instead of following. [applause] i think we have a president who is not leading the country. i think we have a president who has abdicated in his role as leader of our country and is not...
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within a generation, john adams, and george washington, ben franklin, all did inoculation. it became accepted. but it took someone brave and bold enough to step forward, against popular opinion, and do what he felt was right. we need more people like that. we need more people in washington that will lead instead of following. [applause] i think we have a president who is now leading the country. we have a president who is basically abdicated in his role as leader of the country and is not doing what needs to be done. [applause] now, some would say that the issues that we deal with today have no moral equivalency to slavery, or do not have the infectious urgency of small pox. but i would say, when we think about things, we should ask, can a civilization long indoor that does not respect life? will we be judged at some point in time, whether we stood up, and said, the law and land should respect the unborn. will we be judged for that? [applause] [applause] thank you. we face a day of reckoning, not only a day of more reckoning in our country. we face a day of fiscal reckoning
within a generation, john adams, and george washington, ben franklin, all did inoculation. it became accepted. but it took someone brave and bold enough to step forward, against popular opinion, and do what he felt was right. we need more people like that. we need more people in washington that will lead instead of following. [applause] i think we have a president who is now leading the country. we have a president who is basically abdicated in his role as leader of the country and is not doing...
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thomas jefferson had his own editors he would go out to john adams. politicians themselves used newspapers. when you look at where we came from, is this comparavely a golden age? [laughter] >> i was just talking to one of my kids about that t days ago, explaining thehearst phenomenon -- the hearst phomenon where a william randolph hearst wanted to go to war, it he could make it happen. people do not realize where we are in the cycle. with the explosion of technology, it is hard to know where we are in the cycle. anyone with a youtube upload can become a commeator. i think that could be a good thing. a lot of us as consumers just go to the think that is going to feed us what we already beeve. i really see this in my own little world where my mom in the assisted living facilities, they are all watching msnbc nonstop. in many long visits with her, i started watching msnbc and wondered "how can you watch this and not want to shoot yourself?" i watch box more often because i have been on fox. msnbc -- msnbc just blew my mind. it was all. it blew my mind. m
thomas jefferson had his own editors he would go out to john adams. politicians themselves used newspapers. when you look at where we came from, is this comparavely a golden age? [laughter] >> i was just talking to one of my kids about that t days ago, explaining thehearst phenomenon -- the hearst phomenon where a william randolph hearst wanted to go to war, it he could make it happen. people do not realize where we are in the cycle. with the explosion of technology, it is hard to know...
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and you might remember him as john adams, really an acclaimed role. he does a lot of indies. and also "private parts," where he played the infamous pig vomit. >> the howard stern there. >> good stuff. >> oh, boy. >>> coming up, we'll talk about kate's royal wedding. that's coming up. >> right, see how their marriage will also get into the history books. hó ♪ i need good music good good music ♪ ♪ it feels so good to hear good music ♪ >>> very cool. >> and finally this hour, we're getting really close, just two weeks from right now about 2 billion people -- yes, with a "b" -- people will be cooking their chips and dip and getting the wings and pizzas ready for the big game. >> like it's a super bowl, hold on now. >> it's the british royal wedding. >> talking about a wedding. bust out chocolate-covered almond things. prince william and kate middleton have been anything but traditional in their courtship and as diana alvear reports they plan on continuing that way. >> reporter: they're just two people in love and that's what makes will and kate's wedding so extraordinary
and you might remember him as john adams, really an acclaimed role. he does a lot of indies. and also "private parts," where he played the infamous pig vomit. >> the howard stern there. >> good stuff. >> oh, boy. >>> coming up, we'll talk about kate's royal wedding. that's coming up. >> right, see how their marriage will also get into the history books. hó ♪ i need good music good good music ♪ ♪ it feels so good to hear good music ♪...
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adams. and white house photographers on what it is like to document the life of a president. for schedules, due to c- span.org/history. >> now, former defense secretary donald rumsfeld talks about his book, "known and unknown -- a more." it focuses on the years he ran the defense department, including the 911 attacks and the u.s. strategy for the war on terrorism. panelists include peter pace and scooter libby. this discussion is almost two hours. >> secretary rumsfeld has been a friend of the hudson institute for almost four decades. he has been the recipient of our award for extraordinary contributions to american national security. it is an honor to welcome you back. this year, has been institute celebrates a half century of forward-looking policy research. the hudson institute was founded in 1961 because there is a need for a publicly engaged think tank. they envisioned a organization that would think creatively about how to achieve a better future while avoiding "unthinkable threats." t
adams. and white house photographers on what it is like to document the life of a president. for schedules, due to c- span.org/history. >> now, former defense secretary donald rumsfeld talks about his book, "known and unknown -- a more." it focuses on the years he ran the defense department, including the 911 attacks and the u.s. strategy for the war on terrorism. panelists include peter pace and scooter libby. this discussion is almost two hours. >> secretary rumsfeld has...
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thomas jefferson had his own editors he would go out to john adams. politicians themselves used newspapers. when you look at where we came from, is this comparatively a golden age? [laughter] >> i was just talking to one of my kids about that two days ago, explaining thehearst phenomenon -- the hearst phenomenon where a william randolph hearst wanted to go to war, it he could make it happen. people do not realize where we are in the cycle. with the explosion of technology, it is hard to know where we are in the cycle. anyone with a youtube upload can become a commentator. i think that could be a good thing. a lot of us as consumers just go to the think that is going to feed us what we already believe. i really see this in my own little world where my mom in the assisted living facilities, they are all watching msnbc nonstop. in many long visits with her, i started watching msnbc and wondered "how can you watch this and not want to shoot yourself?" i watch box more often because i have been on fox. msnbc -- msnbc just blew my mind. it was all. it blew
thomas jefferson had his own editors he would go out to john adams. politicians themselves used newspapers. when you look at where we came from, is this comparatively a golden age? [laughter] >> i was just talking to one of my kids about that two days ago, explaining thehearst phenomenon -- the hearst phenomenon where a william randolph hearst wanted to go to war, it he could make it happen. people do not realize where we are in the cycle. with the explosion of technology, it is hard to...
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if you look at the real list tradition, one of the clear expressions was john quincy adams, one of the underrated early presidents who said that wherever freedoms' banner is unfurled, that's where america's hearts and prayers shall be. but we don't go abroad looking for monsters to destroy. we well wish freedom around the world, but we defend it only within our borders. on the other hand, barack obama and in his noble prize speech, talked about the duty to protect and the notion that our humanitarian impulses should guide our military engagements as it did in bosnia. so the quer we're addressing tonight, and i'll start with secretary albright is, it's easy to say that our values and our interests always go together. and that if we act upon our values we will be acting on our interests. but the three of you know better than anybody in the room that foreign policy is difficult. decisions are dill. and sometimes there's a conflict between our values and our interests. how do you think the role of values, democracy, and freedom should play on our foreign policy? >> well, first of all i'm d
if you look at the real list tradition, one of the clear expressions was john quincy adams, one of the underrated early presidents who said that wherever freedoms' banner is unfurled, that's where america's hearts and prayers shall be. but we don't go abroad looking for monsters to destroy. we well wish freedom around the world, but we defend it only within our borders. on the other hand, barack obama and in his noble prize speech, talked about the duty to protect and the notion that our...
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pepperdine university professor looks at the presidential election of 1800 between thomas jefferson and john adams and white house photographer on what it is like to document the life of a president and the president's a great get the complete we can schedule at c- span.org/history. >> [inaudible] today the ipod mini is no more. i give you the ipod nazno. [laughter] >> in his monologues, mike dayzey comments on the world as he sees it. he talks about steve jobs and americans' love of technology. >> all my monologues, out of my obsession. they spring out of the obsessions' i haven't collision with one another. >> find out more sunday night on c-span "q &a." this is one of our many signature interview programs available online at c-span.org/ podcast. >> "washington journal"continues . host: we will talk about how globalization affects the american economy and manufacturing base. our guest is a research fellow and a contributor to "the washington times." we want to take a look at some of the numbers, talking about u.s. trade in february, 2011, exports are at $164 billion, imports, $210 billion.
pepperdine university professor looks at the presidential election of 1800 between thomas jefferson and john adams and white house photographer on what it is like to document the life of a president and the president's a great get the complete we can schedule at c- span.org/history. >> [inaudible] today the ipod mini is no more. i give you the ipod nazno. [laughter] >> in his monologues, mike dayzey comments on the world as he sees it. he talks about steve jobs and americans' love...
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to photographer ansel adams. [applause] [classical music playing, accompanied by flute] [music ends] [easy melody playing, accompanied by flute] [music ends] [slow-tempo melody playing, accompanied by flute] [violins play irish folk dance accompaniment] [music ends] [applause] >> comprised of over 70 miles of barrier islands, cape hatteras national seashore is a sheltering refuge for shoreline wildlife. stretched over the 3 north carolina outer bank islands of bodie, hatteras, and ocracoke, the oceanside dunes and forests of cape hatteras are shaped by powerful sea storms. over 3 million visitors per year enjoy the natural beauty and peaceful solitude of cape hatteras, where america's coast extends far into the atlantic ocean. [mid-tempo classical music playing] [flute solo] [music reaches crescendo] [music becomes relaxed] [music ends] [easy melody playing, accompanied by flute] [music swells dramatically] [music settles, flute solo plays] [music ends] [easy melody playing, accompanied by violin] [music swells]
to photographer ansel adams. [applause] [classical music playing, accompanied by flute] [music ends] [easy melody playing, accompanied by flute] [music ends] [slow-tempo melody playing, accompanied by flute] [violins play irish folk dance accompaniment] [music ends] [applause] >> comprised of over 70 miles of barrier islands, cape hatteras national seashore is a sheltering refuge for shoreline wildlife. stretched over the 3 north carolina outer bank islands of bodie, hatteras, and...
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there's no john adams. there's a lot of aaron byrds. that's what we have to work with. secondly, there are no magic bullets, there's no simple solution to the problem. we can't buy off pakistan. we tried to do that in the last decade. we gave them $12 billion in unaccounted funds. that's an estimate. because nobody in the united states government knows how much we actually gave them. we can't invade them. this is a country twice the size of california with the fastest growing nuclear arsenal in the world. invasion is crazy. but under some circumstances, you can envision an american president with very few options otherwise the use of military force. there are extraordinarily difficult tradeoffs in this relationship. and the most difficult ones involve around the nature of our relationship with the isi. the isi is our most important partner in the war against al qaeda. the isi has delivered more al qaeda prisoners and has given us more targets than any other liaison and yet is our most difficult at the same time. leon panetta in hearings just a few weeks ago summed it up
there's no john adams. there's a lot of aaron byrds. that's what we have to work with. secondly, there are no magic bullets, there's no simple solution to the problem. we can't buy off pakistan. we tried to do that in the last decade. we gave them $12 billion in unaccounted funds. that's an estimate. because nobody in the united states government knows how much we actually gave them. we can't invade them. this is a country twice the size of california with the fastest growing nuclear arsenal in...
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these are men whose names are well known, george washington, john adams, benjamin franklin, all have become symbols of strong sound government principles. before the iconic names were people who risked everything, sometimes sacrificed everything to begin a life where they could own the fruits of their labors and live their own beliefs. ownership. you put in the work, you reap the reward, this is the american dream. there have been times in the country's history when the dream mutated during the roaring 20's people played fast and loose with their credit, agreed and speculation the firm wall street. for the most part, government got out of the way and the house of cards came crashing down and we crashed. during the great depression, people were forced to live within their means oftentimes scrambling for basic necessities and competing heavily for any job. but they came out of it, self-government, hard-working and financially responsible. in contrast a few years ago when i lived in michigan i spoke with a man who was very wealthy due to his high paid position at a major american car co
these are men whose names are well known, george washington, john adams, benjamin franklin, all have become symbols of strong sound government principles. before the iconic names were people who risked everything, sometimes sacrificed everything to begin a life where they could own the fruits of their labors and live their own beliefs. ownership. you put in the work, you reap the reward, this is the american dream. there have been times in the country's history when the dream mutated during the...
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there's no john adams. there's a lot of aaron byrds. that's what we have to work with. secondly, there are no magic bullets, there's no simple solution to the problem. we can't buy off pakistan. we tried to do that in the last decade. we gave them $12 billion in unaccounted funds. that's an estimate. because nobody in the united states government knows how much we actually gave them. we can't invade them. this is a country twice the size of california with the fastest growing nuclear arsenal in the world. invasion is crazy. but under some circumstances, you can envision an american president with very few options otherwise the use of military force. there are extraordinarily difficult tradeoffs in this relationship. and the most difficult ones involve around the nature of our relationship with the isi. the isi is our most important partner in the war against al qaeda. the isi has delivered more al qaeda prisoners and has given us more targets than any other liaison and yet is our most difficult at the same time. leon panetta in hearings just a few weeks ago summed it up
there's no john adams. there's a lot of aaron byrds. that's what we have to work with. secondly, there are no magic bullets, there's no simple solution to the problem. we can't buy off pakistan. we tried to do that in the last decade. we gave them $12 billion in unaccounted funds. that's an estimate. because nobody in the united states government knows how much we actually gave them. we can't invade them. this is a country twice the size of california with the fastest growing nuclear arsenal in...
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these are men whose names are well known, george washington, john adams, benjamin franklin, all have become symbols of strong sound government principles. before the iconic names were people who risked everything, sometimes sacrificed everything to begin a life where they could own the fruits of their labors and live their own beliefs. ownership. you put in the work, you reap the reward, this is the american dream. there have been times in the country's history when the dream mutated during the roaring 20's people played fast and loose with their credit, agreed and speculation the firm wall street. for the most part, government got out of the way and the house of cards came crashing down and we crashed. during the great depression, people were forced to live within their means oftentimes scrambling for basic necessities and competing heavily for any job. but they came out of it, self-government, hard-working and financially responsible. in contrast a few years ago when i lived in michigan i spoke with a man who was very wealthy due to his high paid position at a major american car co
these are men whose names are well known, george washington, john adams, benjamin franklin, all have become symbols of strong sound government principles. before the iconic names were people who risked everything, sometimes sacrificed everything to begin a life where they could own the fruits of their labors and live their own beliefs. ownership. you put in the work, you reap the reward, this is the american dream. there have been times in the country's history when the dream mutated during the...
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these are men whose names are well known, george washington, john adams, benjamin franklin, all have become symbols of strong sound government principles. before the iconic names were people who risked everything, sometimes sacrificed everything to begin a life where they could own the fruits of their labors and live their own beliefs. ownership. you put in the work, you reap the reward, this is the american dream. there have been times in the country's history when the dream mutated during the roaring 20's pelelayed fast and loose with their credit, agreed and speculation the firm wall street. for the most part, government got out of the way and the house of cards came crashing down and we crashed. during the great depression, people were forced to live within their means oftentimes scrambling for basic necessities and competing heavily for any job. but they came out of it, self-goverent, hard-working and financially responsible. in contrast a few years ago when i lived in michigan i spoke with a man who was very wealthy due to his high paid position at a major american car company.
these are men whose names are well known, george washington, john adams, benjamin franklin, all have become symbols of strong sound government principles. before the iconic names were people who risked everything, sometimes sacrificed everything to begin a life where they could own the fruits of their labors and live their own beliefs. ownership. you put in the work, you reap the reward, this is the american dream. there have been times in the country's history when the dream mutated during the...
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two men are dead, including a 22-year-old left behind a devastated school community adam wynns sen john jenkins were shot and killed. one of the victims had resisted a robbers demand before being shot. the other had just come out of the bathroom when he was hit by gunfire. >> it's just a horrible, horrible loss. he has a 4-year-old of his own. and it's another fatherless kid here in oakland. >> reporter: adam williams worked in the afterschool in richmond program in p era lata and was known for his repore with children. >> always smiling, genuine love for kids. i can't think of the number of times that he's put his arm around a kid or you know, found some way to pump them up instead of tear them down. >> he's one of a kind. that came along at the unfortunate wrong place, at the wrong time. >> reporter: williams was also a student there. this is his in fourth grade. coworkers have a message for his killer. >> i don't know if he feels what he's done. but he's, he's hurt a lot of people. >> reporter: williams is survived by his son and his mother. another beloved employee at the same schoo
two men are dead, including a 22-year-old left behind a devastated school community adam wynns sen john jenkins were shot and killed. one of the victims had resisted a robbers demand before being shot. the other had just come out of the bathroom when he was hit by gunfire. >> it's just a horrible, horrible loss. he has a 4-year-old of his own. and it's another fatherless kid here in oakland. >> reporter: adam williams worked in the afterschool in richmond program in p era lata and...
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still very close to interviews as well as show in its entirety next is adam vs let me. john berman here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around the world. we've done the future of coverage. i've. been.
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thomas jefferson had his own people who would go after john adams, the whole era of yellow journalism. when you look at where we came from, isn't this comparatively a golden age? and then you know, it is funny -- >> or was there a good period where i missed? >> i talked to my kids about the rehearsed phenomenon about william randolph hearst wanted to go to war, he could make it happen. compared to that, i think a lot of us do not realize sort of where we are in the cycle. with the explosion of technology, it is hard to know where we are in the cycle because anyone with a youtube but load can become a commentator. i think that could be a -- up load can be a commentator. i think that could be a good thing. a lot of us as consumers, we just go to the thing that will feed us what we already believe. i really, really see this in my own little world, where my mom in the assisted living facility, they are all watching in her town, msnbc, nonstop. so in many, many very long visits with her i started watching msnbc and i was like, how can you watch this and not want to shoot yourself? it was a
thomas jefferson had his own people who would go after john adams, the whole era of yellow journalism. when you look at where we came from, isn't this comparatively a golden age? and then you know, it is funny -- >> or was there a good period where i missed? >> i talked to my kids about the rehearsed phenomenon about william randolph hearst wanted to go to war, he could make it happen. compared to that, i think a lot of us do not realize sort of where we are in the cycle. with the...
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since abigail adams asked john to remember the ladies, and he didn't, and the ladies did not foment the revolution that they promised him they were going to do if he didn't remember them, that has been the, that has been the sequence and the trajectory, and that's what we need to change. no excuses power tool number two is define your term first before someone else defines you. we all know whoever defines the terms wins the debate. and i think just in redefining power i've given you an example of defining your own terms. use what you've got. again, as connie and i both took what was a liability to us in our youth, we hated that feeling of being different, of not being good enough, of not measuring up. but that's what propelled us into leadership, what gave us the passion for the poor, for the sick, for those who needed help in whatever way. use what you've got. i learned to embrace controversy. i learned to love -- how many of you love controversy? [laughter] i knew there'd be a few here. [laughter] how many of you hate controversy? see, most people really back off of controversy. but w
since abigail adams asked john to remember the ladies, and he didn't, and the ladies did not foment the revolution that they promised him they were going to do if he didn't remember them, that has been the, that has been the sequence and the trajectory, and that's what we need to change. no excuses power tool number two is define your term first before someone else defines you. we all know whoever defines the terms wins the debate. and i think just in redefining power i've given you an example...
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if you look at the real list tradition, one of the clear expressions was john quincy adams, one of the underrated early presidents who said that wherever freedoms' banner is unfurled, that's where america's hearts and prayers shall be. but we don't go abroad looking for monsters to destroy. we well wish freedom around the world, but we defend it only within our borders. on the other hand, barack obama and in his noble prize speech, talked about the duty to proct and the notion that our humanitarian impulses should guide our military engagements as it did in bosnia. so the quer we're addressing tonight, and i'll start with secretary albright is, it's easy to say that our values and our ierests always go together. and that if we act upon our values we will be acting on our interests. but the three of you know better than anybody in the room that foreign policy is difficult. decisions are dill. and sometimes there's a conflict between our values and our interests. how do you think the role f values, democracy, and freedom should play on our foreign policy? >> well, first of all i'm deligh
if you look at the real list tradition, one of the clear expressions was john quincy adams, one of the underrated early presidents who said that wherever freedoms' banner is unfurled, that's where america's hearts and prayers shall be. but we don't go abroad looking for monsters to destroy. we well wish freedom around the world, but we defend it only within our borders. on the other hand, barack obama and in his noble prize speech, talked about the duty to proct and the notion that our...
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we'll be right back with elton john, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ koch ] at samuel adams, we get inspiration for our seasonal beers from all over the world. [ cannon ] for our spring seasonal, we make samuel adams noble pilsner. it's our take on a classic bohemian pilsner. and we found the traditional heirloom malt. it's laid out and turned daily by hand. [ cannon ] it produces a lot more flavor. our twist with this beer is using all five noble hops. [ cannon ] four hops from bavaria and one from bohemia. we get a very bright hoppy note with a clean finish. -it's got a lot of flavor. -and refreshing. [ cannon ] it makes you look forward to the warmer days of spring, but samuel adams noble pils will be gone before you know it. [ whistle blows ] [ squishing ] [ male announcer ] pool filled with caramel. not as good as chocolate filled with caramel. introducing milky way simply caramel. life's better the milky way. her morning begins with arthritis pain. that's a coffee and two pills. the afternoon tour begins with more pa
we'll be right back with elton john, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ koch ] at samuel adams, we get inspiration for our seasonal beers from all over the world. [ cannon ] for our spring seasonal, we make samuel adams noble pilsner. it's our take on a classic bohemian pilsner. and we found the traditional heirloom malt. it's laid out and turned daily by hand. [ cannon ] it produces a lot more flavor. our twist with this beer is using all five noble hops. [ cannon ] four hops from...
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responsible for organizing various terrorist attacks in the caucasus may be connected to the blast adam idea the airport in january and there's also speculation that he's wife may have been one of the female suicide bombers would start to be more school metro being more two thousand and ten so they've now going from that was this was definitely one of these men was definitely he said everybody john f. and he also found loads of ammunition and guns like a k forty seven hand guns and grenades and more as a result of this operation authorities have been on the hunt for a girl who was in the torrijos cruel war to end terrorist leader he's wanted wolf in russia and internationally he took the responsibility for organizing gurus terrorist attacks across the country including the film with a little boy he's also thought to be linked to al qaida and last month there was a massive joint operation which included the federal security service police and the on me in which authorities destroyed a terrorist training camp in another republic in the caucasus very probably go straight to they killed sev
responsible for organizing various terrorist attacks in the caucasus may be connected to the blast adam idea the airport in january and there's also speculation that he's wife may have been one of the female suicide bombers would start to be more school metro being more two thousand and ten so they've now going from that was this was definitely one of these men was definitely he said everybody john f. and he also found loads of ammunition and guns like a k forty seven hand guns and grenades and...
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smith read john locke, read the second treatise, was fully conversant with the tradition that a lockean would have represented where we at certain principles of human nature and natural laws to reduce from that the proper scope of government. that just wasn't his approach. so they may well have agreed in a conclusion but it would've arrived at them in very different ways. >> i think one of the things that it's often forgotten with "the wealth of nations" is this year, the consequences of the sheer richness of that book. and it very much, it tends to encourage speculation about what might smith have thought about something, as well as what smith did think. now, i make that distinction because smith it seems to me is extremely careful both methodologically, as an executive in writing "the wealth of nations," to produce an analysis which explains why we have got in western europe basically, in french and british civilization to the stage with got at present. and his method doesn't allow him to form the principles of the more general than that. the humane underpinning of his thinking, the h
smith read john locke, read the second treatise, was fully conversant with the tradition that a lockean would have represented where we at certain principles of human nature and natural laws to reduce from that the proper scope of government. that just wasn't his approach. so they may well have agreed in a conclusion but it would've arrived at them in very different ways. >> i think one of the things that it's often forgotten with "the wealth of nations" is this year, the...
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is abigail adams often overlooked but if you think about the revolutionary war, women were left behind with the children and if you look at her letters with john you see a woman that clearly was very, very bright, highly educated, and asked really great questions. and when you read her letters, and you see her questions you think she's prodding -- she's giving him the next thing to do, just make sure. and one of the things that she said she reminds him that every member feels for us. kind of like we do right now when you get calls from constituents and people who say remember the people down in georgia, remember the people out in texas and remember those in california? she reminded him of the people at home. and she also reminded him if a form of government is to be established, what one will be assumed? what's going to happen? how you will you form this government? how will it be made up? but clearly their relationship not only provided him with stability as a family but also intellectuality challenged him. the other one is jean kirkpatrick who i'm very fond of. she's very interesting
is abigail adams often overlooked but if you think about the revolutionary war, women were left behind with the children and if you look at her letters with john you see a woman that clearly was very, very bright, highly educated, and asked really great questions. and when you read her letters, and you see her questions you think she's prodding -- she's giving him the next thing to do, just make sure. and one of the things that she said she reminds him that every member feels for us. kind of...
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the rebirth of america has its roots in urban interactions in boston in the 17 seventies between john hancock who badly wanted the political change that could be created by the mob and sam adams, who like many purveyors of looker knew how to conjure a mauled and their connections as created by the city of boston changed america, helped create this great country of ours. in the 19th century the great problem was making the wealth of the american interior accessible to the markets of the east and europe. cities made that happen. they grew up to the great transportation network that enabled the rich dark soil of fallujah to become productive. if you go back to 1816, it cost as much to move the goods 32 miles overland as it did to ship them across the atlantic. it was enormously difficult to access all of the wealth that was in the american hinterland. cities grew up to know this great transportation network that grew up along the erie canal. the chicago which was formed start off with the illinois and michigan can now created a great watery arc that spanned all the way from new york to n
the rebirth of america has its roots in urban interactions in boston in the 17 seventies between john hancock who badly wanted the political change that could be created by the mob and sam adams, who like many purveyors of looker knew how to conjure a mauled and their connections as created by the city of boston changed america, helped create this great country of ours. in the 19th century the great problem was making the wealth of the american interior accessible to the markets of the east and...